布赖恩考克斯教授游历地球上一些最令人惊奇的地点，向观众展示和剖析自然法则所造就的太阳系的伟大自然奇观。第1集太阳帝国第2集从混沌到秩序第3集蔚蓝色的大气层第4集生与死第5集未知世界ProfessorBrianCoxvisitssomeofthemoststunninglocationsonearthtodescribehowthelawsofnaturehavecarvednaturalwondersacrossthesolarsystem.InthisfirstepisodeBrianexploresthepowerhouseofthemall,thesun.InIndiahewitnessesatotalsolareclipse-whenthelinktothelightandheatthatsustainsusiscutoffforafewpreciousminutes.Butheatandlightarenottheonlypowerofthesunoverthesolarsystem.InNorway,Brianwatchesthebattlebetweenthesun’swindandearth,asthenightskyglowswiththenorthernlights.Beyondearth,thesolarwindcontinues,creatingdazzlingauroraonotherplanets.BrianmakescontactwithVoyager,aprobethathasbeentravellingsinceitslaunch30yearsago.Now14billionkilometresaway,Voyagerhasjustdetectedthesolarwindisbeginningtopeterout.Butevenherewehaven’treachedtheendofthesun’srule.Brianexplainshowitsgreatestpower,gravity,reachesoutforhundredsofbillionsofkilometres,wherethelightestgravitationaltouchencirclesoursolarsysteminamysteriouscloudofcomets.1EmpireoftheSun2OrderoutofChaos3TheThinBlueLine4DeadorAlive5Alie